Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-15


DESCENDANTS
A branch Of the Morgan family ,ha
ha. been very successful in Maine II
tuning out fas, roAds,ers and ,ro,,er
are the MouilI.. mostly represented b,
the get Of Winthrop Morrill,. who wa
20, by Young Morrill,, by old Nor
hll, ,oa Of the Jennisoa Horse, he BY
Young Balu.h. by Old Bulrush Nor
gan. son Of Justin Morgan. The dam o.
old Morrill, was by the Harrington Horse
whose breeding i, unknown. Old Nor
hll was a very large horse weighing
about 1900 lbs. aud was noted for bis
grea, strength, ., one time out.pullins
two good yoke. Of oxen; be va. also
quite ro,,er and Was the sire OF fou'
winner. via: Mountain Maid 2;26 "a,
Young Monill 9.3l. John Morrill, 1884,
and Gen. I.Jon 1888. Young Morrill,
20, Winthrop Morrill, from daughter Of
the Haekin. Horse. he by Royal Nor
rAn .on Of sherman by old Justin Nor
gan. The dam Of young Morrill, was by
the Locke Co.'s Horse son OF Sherman
Morsan. grand dam BY Young Balru.h
Morgan, thus making Winthrop Morrill,
one OF the mo,, thoroughly inbred Nor.
gan. ,ha, ever stood In New EnglAnd.
lie va. very fAs, himself and Is the sire
Of nearly thirty sons and daughters with
public records, nine Of which have records
IN $50 or better. the fastest OF which Is
Homes, HANGAR l.s The numeer OF
hi. &c, In the $50 lis, are within one OF
the number Of $50 performers go' by
Gen. Knox Who has ten. Daughters OF
Winthrop Mouill bred TO Knox ',Allior'
have produced several valuable animals
the nor noleAblc oae DE- Franklin,
2.3l. trial close TO 2:2O. aud 'ire Of Dart
half mile in 1904, and Lawrence IyeAf-
old record $50 -. besides many more
OF srea, grea, promise. and Gov. Moril'
2.3a i.2. sire Of Dr. Smith, public
trial 2.2sl.I. old ldFeArnAush, the found
or of the handsome aud spirited family
that bears this name was got by iouns
Mouill. and h.. dam WAS by the Steve
Preach Horse .oa q Flint Morgan by
sherman Morgan. FsArnAughi u De.
.cribsd a. being a chestnut stallion OF
aae .irs and elsgAn. form. and bis rec
ord Of 2.9J ii shows him 10 have been
one Of the tastes, Of the Morgan race
Nj, descendant, ate no, neAf!y q. nun.
erou. a. those of Winthrop Morrill and
Gen. KnoI. bu, greatly excel either fam.
uy in style ard beauty OF form. Goa
.iisring their number they ate not Tar
behind them a. speed producers.
The lArse,, breeder ot feArnAushn IN
Maine /. Mr. T.. l.. Norcro'', OF Man.
chester, Me. Who !, meeting with good
success. thu. far having won several pre-
MUM. :, the State Fairs. both IN the
show ring and oa the track. -.
Mares Of FesmAuski blood would
doub,le,. be very valuable as an out
eros. for some Of our stations Of Ham
ble,onian stock. Mr.. Noreross has Fear
naush, Jr., 9:26. SOn,As. 1881 J'i'
A,ehille,. a ehs,,nu, stallion sixteen
hand. hish. who go, a record in 2:55 {"
. dye.year.old. Black Amble. a four.
ye.r.oli stallion 20, record in 2;ij IL
when three years old. lie was grand
.o, ., F..rnAu,ht. A number outside
Of Maine Of ,hi. blood. have records in-
side Of g.2j,-yiL-Glldy', 2;23'
Pripee Arthur, 2:lg Ia. Bonny, 2;?O'
l3.I Another strain Of Morgan blood
,h.ih hA, bsen Of considerable value to
Maine breeders /. ,hA, coming through
the CLARK horse. OF WhAlsboae. lie
wuason Of sherman Morgan, by JUS
tin Morgan. dams breeding unknown
Whalebone va. the sire Of Blackstone
Belle. 2.?s IL. aud daughter OF hi'
bred TO the Eaton horse produced shsp'
herd Knapp. Who was taken to france
and won a race Of two and q half miles
in ak minute. and fourteen seconds v'
sraging a mile in 2:29. whslsbone got
Pollard Morgan, sire Of Kettle Bail,
2.3l i.2, and be also 20, Lewiston Boy,
sire Of Dispatch. 2;2i l.2. and several
other winners of races. The dam othei'
lie Bail was BY whalebone, making bet
closely Inbred. We remember. when 4
small boy. Of seeing this noted mare 'ro'
a race At our County Fair with horse
called the Chadbourne horse, Who think
was Of Hazard blood. This horse, like
many men, carried bis head high and
made a srsa, show. bu, failed TO get to
the fron,.-while Kettle Bail. who went
with less style, and attended strictly ''
her business, came in an easy winner
Daughter, ofIswisiOn Boy produced
Knox Boy, 2.23 l.2. by Gen. Knox, and
Hmperor. 2.29 l.2. by Newman horse
son Of Rollin. horse. he by Rising Sun
and II we remember correctly. the dan
Of Club. 2:27, by Knox Boy, was alsC
by Lewiston Boy. The fast four.year'
old mare. Secret. by Records Blsekhawh
.old by Frank Heald. Of North Buck
Geld. TO Andrews * Thayer, OF Norway
and sold by them for one ,bou'andd Oh
lars. aud the equally promising three
year.old, full brother OF Secret, were ou'
Of Lewiston Boy mare. SO was al'C
the roam colt. 90, by Champion Black
hawk, sold by Ben. Record, some few
year. ago 10 Boston parties for large
sum of money. This colt Was aiierward,
called George Bancroft, and be could
show close TO $50. The horse Cham.
pion BlAekhawk. owned by Samuel Rec
ord, Of Buckfsld. was Of Morgan stock
and va. 20, by the Rix horse. son ol
Vermont BlsckhAwk. by sherman Nor
gan. son Of Justin Morgan. Dam BY
parks horse. a grandson Of Sherman
Morgan. Champion Blsekhawkiwas the
sire Of several fast and stylish roadster,
and ,ro,ters. A son Of bis doing servic,
in the stud /. the Cary horse. owned b,
| William L. Cary. Of East sumner. Me
lie /. . horse Of grand appearance.
Another Morgan family Of grea, mer
|, are the Golddus,s, the founder o
which was 9 golden chestnut stallion o
magnificent proportions aud slegsn
style, known as Golddus,, and got b.
Vermont Morgan, he by Barnard Nor
gan, son Of Clifford, by Woodbury.. b,
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